Animals
Our Changing World – Seabirds under threat
Edin Whitehead is a PhD student at the University of Auckland researching how best to help the birds of the Hauraki Gulf, who are facing many threats, including warming waters. Audio
One dog from Panguru property still on loose in Far North
The Far North District Council has confirmed one of the dogs from Panguru property is still on the lose and none of the animals rounded up were registered.
General Manager District Services Dean… Video, Audio
Panguru dog attack: Family want answers from boarder
Police in the Far North say it's likely a man mauled in Panguru was not attacked by his own dogs.
Neville Thomson was found dead at his property on Thursday. Twenty five dogs have been rounded up as… Audio
Dogs rounded up after fatal attack in Pānguru
About 25 dogs have been rounded up at the Northland property where a man was killed in a suspected dog attack yesterday afternoon. And the search continues for at least three more aggressive dogs in… Audio
Suspected dog attack death latest tragedy in Panguru
A man's death as the result of a suspected dog attack is the latest tragedy to befall the Panguru community this year.
About 100 people live in Panguru. Many were still coming to terms with an… Audio
Man believed to be mauled to death by dogs in Panguru
A man in Northland is believed to have been mauled to death by dogs on a Panguru property in Hokianga in Northland.
One dog was shot dead by police, two were captured and three remain on the loose… Audio
Top Dog Film Festival to launch this month
The Top Dog Film Festival kicks off in Auckland on August 13th and finished in September in Christchurch with a very special session. New Zealand tour operator Nat Ward talks to Jesse. Audio
DOC catches trampers trying to take cats for a hike at Mt Taranaki
Taking a domestic moggie on a walk about in one of our national parks could have catastrophic consequences.
That's the message from the Department of Conservation after a couple of Aucklanders were… Video, Audio
Draft action plan to protect sharks in the waters of Aotearoa
Forest and Bird are hoping for plan with teeth protect our shark life around Aotearoa. A draft National Plan of Action on Sharks has just been released. Forest and Bird spokesman Geoff Keey speaks to… Audio
Insights from the lives of animals which assist human health
Cardiologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz describes herself as an innovator for human health. She is a professor at Harvard University's department of human evolutionary… Audio
Lost homing pigeon Bob back in the UK after American adventure
A pigeon who turned up thousands of miles away in the US after getting lost racing to Tyneside is back in the UK.
Critter of the Week: troglobitic planthopper
This week's critter is a rare species of planthopper that lives in a cave in Mohua Golden Bay. We don't know much about this mysterious, cave-dwelling insect except that it's almost blind and has… Audio
Native bird increase by 51% on Wellington's Miramar Peninsular
If you think you've been hearing more beautiful birdsong in the Capital you're ears aren't lying. Latest figures show native birds have increased by 51 per cent on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula. This… Audio
And the cat came back, after more than three years
A tiny bit of tech has delivered a big result for a Palmerston North family - reuniting twins three and a half years after one of them went missing.
Moss the moggie was adopted with his brother, Roy… Video, Audio
Ban on some exotic parrots species is imminent in Auckland
Auckland is one week away from imposing a ban on breeding, buying and selling some parrot species.NZ President of the Parrot Society Hayden van Hooff talks to Jesse about what that will mean for… Audio
Bat, Kākāpō out of Bird of the Year
It's fair to say some feathers were ruffled last year when the Pekapeka tou-roa - or Long-Tailed Bat - was crowned Bird of the Year.
Well, it will be a fleeting reign.
Forest and Bird has announced… Audio
Wellington's bird numbers soaring as pests decline
Native bird numbers in Wellington are soaring and pest numbers are going down.
But what else needs to be done to support our feathered friends?
Wellington City Council urban ecology manager Hank… Audio
At least 200 NZ dogs killed by toxic algae in past decade
Around two-hundred dogs have died from toxic algae in the past decade, here in Aotearoa.
Found in waterways, the algae is one of the most toxic natural compounds in the world.
But while the risk to… Video, Audio
Kākāpō population reaching new heights
Kākāpō conservation efforts are paying off.
Latest figures show a population of 216 birds, the highest since records began.
Kākāpō recovery programme science advisor Dr Andrew Digby tells us what… Audio
Talking Nicely to Animals
Professor Elodie Briefer of the University of Copenhagen is an expert on communication with animals, and how their vocal signals contain information about what species they are, which group they're… Audio
